similar incident in 2nd minute of SA v Wales game. No injury but reckless jumper wins a PK.
Like everything in life, we get what we reward - regardless of whether that was intended by the original authors of laws. Right now it seems that once jump everyone needs to get out your way.
Going back to the simplest solution as per
@Decorily - consider it in the light of dangerous play - when does the onus of safety shift? We have a pretty clear idea of the easy cases either end of the spectrum - two in the air for fair contest vs. late runner taking out the jumper in a clear red - but to me this falls on the side of dangerous. Here Tom Banks paid the price and will be out for a while - but what if he’d pulled his legs up and put a knee into the head of the England player braced for the catch? Are we going to RC them while unconscious? (OK, reductio ad absurdum but you get the point…)
Surely, if a player is already in the right place to receive a catch before the jumper launches then the responsibility needs to shift to the jumper. They can jump, but if they topple then no PK. If they strike the braced player then PK against the jumper for dangerous play.
On an aside, would it be treated differently if the catcher was inside their 22 and called mark?
